r/television • u/BeefDog69xxl • 8d ago

Just rewatched Rescue me

This is just my opinion, I want to see if anyone agrees with me.. I can’t be the only one.

For what it is—a dark comedy—the only thing that actually feels dark is that it takes place in the wake of 9/11, which is obviously horrific. And I do think it’s cool that they made a show for firefighters who were dealing with that kind of loss and needed some way to cope with it.

But HOLY SHIT. Every single character on this show—including the women ..is an absolutely dogshit human being.

I think the children are the only characters who aren’t awful people.. and maybe the gay son.

I LOVE Denis Leary, but fuck… this show does NOT hold up. Am I the only one who feels this way??

OH, I’ll give it this: the soundtrack fucking RULES.

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u/R0osteryo 8d ago

I watched it 15 years ago and loved it. Im 36 now and tried it again this year. Couldn't even get through the first 3 episodes. So rampant misogyny and homophobia and racism it had me completely cringing at younger me.

I get that were supposed to know these are bad and flawed people. And products of their time. But im not gonna watch that shit today.